Umesh Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52728 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2025 Thana- BAGHA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Umesh Prasad S/O Babulal Prasad R/O Village- Mustafganj Bazar, Ward No.9, P.S.- Meenapur, Dist.- Muzaffarpur 2.

Prince Kumar S/O Late Kailash Ram R/O Village- Mustafganj Bazar, Ward No.9, P.S.- Meenapur, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary, Adv.

Mr. S.K.Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Bagaha P.S. Case No. 171 of 2025 dated 23.06.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/s 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, total 51.84 litres of illicit English liquor was recovered from the bag of the petitioners.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioners was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52728 of 2025(2) dt.05-08-2025 2/2 transpired in this case merely on suspicion. The petitioners have no concern with the seized liquor. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioner no. 1 has four criminal antecedents in which he is on bail whereas the petitioner no. 2 has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 24.06.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bagaha, West Champaran in connection with Bagaha P.S. Case No. 171 of 2025.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T